Amphitrite was the sea goddess wife of the sea god Poseidon (aka Neptune). Amphitrite was either a Nereid and the daughter of Nereus and Doris, or an Oceanid and the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. When Poseidon first sought Amphitrite as his bride, she was not interested: she fled to Atlas. But Delphin persuaded her to marry the sea god, for which service he was rewarded. Delphin's dolphin form was made into a constellation.
Amphitrite is associated with a golden spindle. To her husband Poseidon, she gave birth to Triton, Kymopoleia, Benthesikyme, and Rhode. Amphitrite was the mother of fish, shellfish, dolphins, and seals.
[Source: Theoi - Amphitrite.]
Some ancient sources on Amphitrite:
- Homer
- Hesiod
- The Homeric Hymns
- Pindar
- Bacchylides
- Apollodorus
- Apollonius Rhodius
- Quintus Smyrnaeus
- Pausanias
- Aelian
- Athenaeus
- Hyginus
- Vergil/Virgil
- Apuleius
